, 1887-07-07
Engiand's Sovereigns.

iduc- WHO TOOK tle throne y. ~. SZI
the Britons have had fifty eight rul'
er5. as follows:
OF the Saxons and Dahes: Egbert
the first Of the long line, who reigneG
IL years; Ethelwulf. son of Egbert
reISned IS years: EthelbaId, son oi
Ethelwulf, 2 years; Ethelbert, secono
son of Ethelwulf, years; Ethelred
third son of Ethelwulf, 5 years; Al
fred, fourth son of Ethelwulf, &c
years; Edward the Elder, son of Al
tred, "A years; Athelstan, eldest SOL
OF Edward, 15 years, Edmund. broth.
er of Athelstan, 6 years; Edred
brother Of Edmund, 8 years; Edwy,
son OF Edmund, 3 years; Edgar, sec
ond son of Edmund, II years; Edward
the Martyr, son of Edgar, years;
Ethelred IL, half brother of Edward,
81 years; Edmund Ironside, eldest
son OF Ethelred, reigned less than one
year; Canute, by conquest and cleo
ton. Is years; Harold L, son of Can.
ute, 3 years; Hardicanute, another
son of Ganute, 2 years; Edward the
Confessor, son of Ethelred H., "a
years; Harold II. brother-in-law of
Edward, less than one year.
In the year of this latter reign, A .
D., 1866, the house Of Normany at
tained the crown by conquest and the
sovereigns of that line were: William
l., reigned q years; William II,
third son of William L, 13 years;
Henry l., youngest son of William l.,
35 years; Stephen, third son of Ste-
phen, count of Blois, by Adelia,
fourth daughter of William l., 19
years.
The accession passed to the house
of Plantagenet, A. D, 1854. which
reigned as follows: Henry IL, son
of Geoffrey Plantagenet. by Matilda,
only daughter of Henry l., 80 years;
Richard L, eldest surviving son of
Henry II, 10 years; John. sixth and
youngest son of Henry H., IL years:
Henry Ill, eldest son of John, Sc
years; Edward l., eldest son of Henry
Ill, 80 years; Edward IL, eldest
surviving son of Edward l., 20 years
Edward Ill, eldest son of Edward
IL, 80 years; Richard IL, son of the
Black Prince, eldest son of Edward
Ill, % years.
In 1899 Richard was deposed and
the House of Lancaster succeeded, rs
here set down: Henry ~, son of
Joha of Gaunt, fourth son of Edward
Ill, IL years; Henry v, eldest son
of Henry ~, 8 years; Henry VI,
only son of Henry v, (deposed 1461
and died 1871 80 years
After the house of Lancaster the
honse of York: Edward ~, Whose
grandfather was Richard, son of
Edmund, fifth son of Edward Ill,
and his grandmother, Anne, great
granddaughter of Lionel, third son of
Edward Ill., assembled the throne in
1461 and reigned % years; Edward
v, eldest son of Edward ~, reigned
less than year; and Richard I'LL,
the younger brother of the fourth
Edward, reigned but 2, years.
Henry VII, the first of the House
OF Tudor, became king in 14S5. He
was the son OF Edmund, eldest son OF
Owen Tudor, by Katherine, widow OF
Henry v; his mother, Margaret
Beaufort, was great-granddaughsei
of Jyhn OF Gaunt. He reigned q
years; was succeeded by Henry Will,
his only surviving son, who reigned
3S years; he by Edward VI, son OF
Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour, who
reigned 6 years; be. by Mary l.,
daughter of Henry VIII, Katharine
of Arragon, 5 years; she by Eliza
beth, daughter of Henry. VIII, by
Anne Boleyn, whose reign continued
IL years and Immediately preceded
the reign of the House of Stuart "a.
d. 1903 as follows;
James l., son of Mary, Queen OF
Scots. granddaughter of James ~,
and Margaret, daughter of Henry
VII, reigaed % years; Charles l.,
only surviving son of James L, "a
years. In 1e49, on May 10, the Com-
monwealth was declared, and from
4 1868 to 1855 Oliver Cromwell was
lord protector, being succeeded by
Richard Cromwell. But in 1859 the
/ house of Stuart was restored, and the
broken succession continued as here
shown:
/ Charles II, eldest son of Charles l.,
lbegan to reign in 1860, and reigled
25 years; james H., second son of
Charles l., reigned 4 years and was
deposed, an interregnum falling from
December 9, 1858. to February Ii,
El6S9. William III, son of William,
Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter
of Charles L; and Mary IL, eldest
daughter of James II, reigned IL and
6 years respectively; Annie, second
daughter of James Ii. II years.
Now in 1714, followed the last and
present house of Hanover, with ae
cessions and successiens as here
noted: George l., son of the eleetor
of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of
Elizabeth, daaghter of James L, 13
years; George II, only son of
George l., 80 years; George ILL.,,
grandson of George IL, SO years (be-
ing during ten years insane); George
", esdest son of George Ill, 10
years; William ~, third son of
George Ill, years, and Victoria, the
present queen, daughter of Edward
fourth son of George III, SO years
thus far, and whom, as is the prayer
of every loyal Briton, "God preserve"